I agree on the hoax aspect. It doesn't seem like whoever did this really thought through the mechanics of what getting "$1 million USD" of Bitcoins would entail, or more likely, didn't care, because they were never intending on getting it.
I just hope for the pranksters' sake they covered their tracks better than it looks like they did. Even without the tax returns, demanding money in return for silence is generally going to be considered extortion, and for a change, they've picked on someone politically connected enough to demand the feds "do something."
I have a feeling that the SS is going to be knocking on some Texan's door, and this time the guy who answers it won't be able to get away with, "My account was compromised, officers. Do I look like I'm in the process of committing suicide?"
SS1: Just the same, we'll be taking all the computers in this home to make sure.
SS2: And what's the deal with that democratic-blue light in the upstairs bedroom?
SS1: Did you just try to bribe us?
SS3: Matt, take a look inside this box marked Woolong Device. Looks to me like this guy was set to do a mass mailing.
~Bruno~
